Employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64

In 2024, Portugal's employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64 increased by 1.8% compared to 2023, reaching 135.2.

Portugal accounts for 103.7% of the EU-27 total of 130.4.

Portugal ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 16.2% (from 116.4 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.